Frequency of Helicobacter pylori Infection in Patients with Peptic Ulcer Referred to the Endoscopy Departments of Khorramabad City Hospitals, Iran, During 2013-2016.

Background: The present study investigated the prevalence of Helicobacter pylori infection in peptic ulcer patients referred to the endoscopy departments in Khorramabad hospitals during 2013- 2016.

Methods: The early pool of the study included all patients who had been referred to the endoscopy department and whose endoscopic and pathology reports were available and complete. After recording endoscopic reports, 1224 peptic ulcer (gastric or duodenal ulcer) cases, in which biopsy assays were performed to examine the type of ulcer and the presence of Helicobacter pylori bacteria, were selected.

Levofloxacin based vs clarithromycin based sequential therapy in eradication; a randomized clinical trial.

Aim: This study was aimed to evaluating the efficacy of levofloxacin based sequential therapy vs clarithromycin based sequential therapy in (HP) eradication.

Background: Several therapeutic regimen were investigated to treat HP infection. Sequential therapy is an alternative to classic triple therapy.

Prevalence of gastric precancerous lesions among chronic dyspeptic patients and related common risk factors.

Gastric cancer is one of the leading causes of cancer-related deaths worldwide. Progression of gastric cancer follows several steps from gastritis to atrophy, intestinal metaplasia, dysplasia, and finally cancer. The aim of this study was to determine the prevalence of gastric precancerous lesions and related common risk factors in a group of chronic dyspeptic patients.